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-:''This page is about what {{tag|wiki}}s are.  It could also refer to [[WikiWikiWeb]].''
+This page is a brief overview about what '''{{tag|wiki}}s''' are.  It could also refer to [[WikiWikiWeb]]; the very first [[:Category:Wiki Engine|wiki software]].
 Don't know what a [[WhatIsWiki|wiki]] is?  Check out:
-* This simple illustration at [[CommunityWiki]] – [[CommunityWiki:WhyWikiWorks|WhyWikiWorks]];
+*This simple illustration at [[CommunityWiki]] – [[CommunityWiki:WhyWikiWorks|WhyWikiWorks]];
-* An article about [[Wikipedia:Wiki|wiki]] at [[English Wikipedia]];
+*An article about [[wp:Wiki|wiki]] at the [[English Wikipedia]], along with the [[wp:History of wikis|history of wikis]];
-* This 8 minute screencast video – [http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/gems/umlaut.html Heavy Metal Umlaut];
+*This 8 minute screencast video – [http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/gems/umlaut.html Heavy Metal Umlaut];
-* [[Ward Cunningham]]'s [[wikipedia:File:Ward Cunningham, Inventor of the Wiki.webm|in-depth interview]] regarding his idea of [[wiki]].
+*[[Ward Cunningham]]'s [[Wikipedia:File:Ward Cunningham, Inventor of the Wiki.webm|in-depth interview]] regarding his idea of wiki.
+Try it out!  Click on the [[edit]] tab at the top of [nearly]<nowiki>†</nowiki> any page.  Don't worry, you won't break anything.  See also: [[Differences between wikis and other kinds of websites]].
-Try it out, click on the edit tab above any page.  Don't worry you won't break anything.  See also: [[Differences between wikis and other kinds of websites]].
+†A tiny number of pages on a wiki are usually not able to be edited all.  These are typically 'special' pages which define the look and feel of an individual wiki site.  Other isolated pages may have editing restricted to trusted members, due to being high targets for [[spam]]ming and / or [[vandal]]ism.
 ==AR==